by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Process, Tools
A long time ago, when my kid was in Kindergarten, Danger was the topic of the day and my kiddo explained to the other kids in sharing time that “My mom hides in the basement and cuts herself with glass.” Needless to say, the teacher was a bit concerned...
by Jodi | Bottle Glass, Float (Window) glass, Tools
One of the facts of life about working in glass is cold working. It’s not a lot of fun for very long. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy watching glass become all smooth and clear and gorgeous through all of the stages. I just don’t love it 90 times in...
by Jodi | Bottle Glass, Tools
In the last post we made a triangle bead mold for making fused glass beads. Today, we are going to walk through how to use the mold. Step 1 – Line with Thin-Fire I cut my thin fire about 1/4″ (.6 cm) higher than the walls of my mold to compensate for...
by Jodi | Bottle Glass, Tools
I’ve always loved beads. In fact, I’m mildly obsessed with beads after taking a bead making class. So, I tried a little experiment. Could I quickly and easily make a mold to make fused triangle shaped beads? The answer…YES! And so can you,...
by Jodi | Bottle Glass, Tools
There are lots of ways to cut bottles, I’ve tried all of them that I can find and think of, my favorite is still the tile saw. There are pro’s and con’s to using a tile saw, it’s a tool that is great for somethings, not so much for others....
by Jodi | Float (Window) glass, Process, Tools
Sometimes it is fun to just gear up and doodle on glass with an engraving tool. Typically, the engraving happens after the artwork is complete, so the lines are much more opaque and free form than the lines in the carved work featured here. I like to use my...
